HP ZBook Create G7 (15.6-Inch, 2020)

Superb all-round performance;Excellent 4K screen;Keyboard has excellent quality;Broad range of connectivity options

Exterior becomes too hot;Mediocre battery life;Keyboard layout could be better

Potent performance ; Impressive sound ; Beautiful 4K OLED display ; Sleek, sturdy styling

Expensive ; Runs hot under stress ; Mini DisplayPort output, but no HDMI

A $4,500 laptop should be something special, and HP's ZBook Create G7 is very special indeed. If it ran a little cooler and its keyboard wasn't so stiff, it would be close to flawless.

Gorgeous color-accurate display ; Fast performance ; Durable chassis ; Excellent keyboard

Pricey ; Gets warm

The HP ZBook Create G7 is the jack-of-all-trades multimedia monster for mobile creators rocking a super-thin chassis and plenty of power.

Top-tier performance ; Great keyboard and trackpad ; Bright, colorful display

Mediocre battery life ; Too much bloatware

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Rich audio ; Colorful screen ; Strong Adobe CC performance ; Small and thin (for a workstation)

Runs very hot ; Falters in some GPU benchmarks

The HP ZBook Create G7 is a thin workstation that leverages consumer-level parts to impressive workstation-level power on artist-friendly tasks like Adobe Creative Cloud, but it also runs hot and falters on some business programs.